Post by Blargaliscious on Jun 5, 2017 13:20:47 GMT
There is a lot of nit-picking going on with this video, and rightfully so.
While some "arteests" would say that physics should not stand in the way of telling a good story, I disagree. When the action gets that "physics be damned" quality about it, the quality goes down. Haley can jump like an Olympics long jumper wearing heavy armor over uneven ground? So can the several-ton steam-powered bone jacks? I didn't know that Slayers could jump on the backs of Ironclads like that!
While that stuff bugs me, I'm disappointed that the steam aspect of the steam-powered warjacks wasn't represented. I'm going to be nice and assume it wasn't represented because computer modelling steam well is not an easy thing to do and their limited budget prevented them from doing it. I'm hoping that it's not because these guys came up with a game that involves steampunk stuff and that THEY HAVE NO DAMN CLUE ABOUT HOW STEAM ENGINES WORK!!!
Visually, it was very nice and was really neat to watch. I would use this video as part of a sales pitch for a movie - something to get the idea of the setting and potential for action across to executives who don't know the setting, would ignore the details, and see the potential in "the big picture." I could see this video bagging $250 million of backing money for a movie. As a video for fans of the setting, technically minded people, and the detail oriented - it's an A- / B+ effort.
While some "arteests" would say that physics should not stand in the way of telling a good story, I disagree. When the action gets that "physics be damned" quality about it, the quality goes down. Haley can jump like an Olympics long jumper wearing heavy armor over uneven ground? So can the several-ton steam-powered bone jacks? I didn't know that Slayers could jump on the backs of Ironclads like that!
While that stuff bugs me, I'm disappointed that the steam aspect of the steam-powered warjacks wasn't represented. I'm going to be nice and assume it wasn't represented because computer modelling steam well is not an easy thing to do and their limited budget prevented them from doing it. I'm hoping that it's not because these guys came up with a game that involves steampunk stuff and that THEY HAVE NO DAMN CLUE ABOUT HOW STEAM ENGINES WORK!!!
Visually, it was very nice and was really neat to watch. I would use this video as part of a sales pitch for a movie - something to get the idea of the setting and potential for action across to executives who don't know the setting, would ignore the details, and see the potential in "the big picture." I could see this video bagging $250 million of backing money for a movie. As a video for fans of the setting, technically minded people, and the detail oriented - it's an A- / B+ effort.
